орать

Russian

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Etymology 1

Per Vasmer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂res-. Related to Latin ōrō (and English orate), Old Armenian ուրանամ (uranam), Sanskrit अर्चयति (arcayati), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬵- (rah-).

Verb

ора́ть • (orátʹ) impf (perfective заора́ть or поора́ть or проора́ть or наора́ть)

1. (colloquial, intransitive, of humans) to yell, to bawl, to scream, to shout

   Она́ начала́ ора́ть и убежа́ла. ― Oná načalá orátʹ i ubežála. ― She started screaming and ran off.

2. (colloquial, intransitive, of animals) to emit loud characteristic sounds (mooing, bleating, roaring, etc.)

   Ча́йка ора́ла. ― Čájka orála. ― The seagull squawked.

3. (colloquial, intransitive, disapproving) to talk too loudly, to shout, to yell
4. (colloquial, intransitive) to scold (with на (na) + person in accusative case)

   Я не хоте́л ора́ть на тебя́. ― Ja ne xotél orátʹ na tebjá. ― I didn't mean to yell at you.

5. (colloquial, transitive) to sing loudly, to sing at the top of one's lungs
6. (youth, neologism) to laugh out loud, to have fun

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Related terms

• ора́ние (oránije)
• ор (or)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic орати (orati), from Proto-Slavic *oràti. Cognate to Lithuanian árti, Latin arō, Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō).

Verb

ора́ть • (orátʹ) impf (perfective взора́ть or наора́ть or обора́ть)

1. (archaic) to plow/plough

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References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “орать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress